Passenger-car construction.



PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907. 'F. M015. BRINGKBRHOFP. PASSENGER GAR GONSTRUUTION.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 14, 1906.

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PASSENGER OAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.14, 1906.

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UNITED sTA Es PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS MOFARLAN BRINCKERHOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR ONE-THIRD TO HUGH HAZELTON AND ON E-THIRD TO LEWIS B. STILL- WELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PASSENGER-CAR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed December 14,1906. Serial No. 347.822.

Patented April 9, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS McFARLAN BRINOKERHOFF, a citizen .of the United States, residing at New York, State of New Figure 1 is a side elevation of a passenger-\ car constructed-in accordance with my 1nvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailside elevation with a portion of the outside sheathin broken away to show the framing for the si e wall, and Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

This invention relates to passenger-cars, and particularly to steel passenger-cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a passenger-car having a trussed side wall which 1s constructed in a novel manner to produce great strength and rigidity.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1

and 2 designate, respectively, the lower. side sill and the upper s1de late, each of which preferably consists of a ro ed flanged member. The side posts 3 may either be Ts, angles, or channels, as herein shown, the legs of saidchannel at the opposite ends of the post being removed, so that the web of the channel wil lie flat against the outside faces of the lower side sill and upper side plate. The posts are spaced far enough apart to provide openings for double windows and also a side door, and as the side posts are spaced apart a uniform distance I can locate the side door at the center of the side wall or at any other desired point between two posts. sheathing extends from the lower side sill to the upper side late, except, of course, at the points where t e windows and doors are 10- cated, and intermediate the side posts I employ suitable strengthening-braces, so that the side wall consists of a continuous truss in which the upper side plate and lower side sill form the upper and lower chords.

The window-o enings are wide enough to receive twin windbws, and midway each pair of side posts is an intermediate side post 4,

- belt-rail is a late 11, to W The outside which preferably consists of a channel that is connected at its upper and lower ends to the side plate and side sill. The outside sheathing below the windows consists of plates 5, that are secured to the side posts and to the lower side sill, the meeting edges of said plates being covered by splice-plates 6. Extending along the u per edge of said plates is an angle 7, which orms the belt-rail. The outside sheathing above the belt-rails consists of the plates 8, connected to the side posts to form the piers between the windows and' the plates 9, which constitute the letterboard, and are connected to the film? side plate 2 and to the side posts. e lower edges of said plates 9 are cut away to provide for the arched windows, and their meeting edges are covered by finishing-battens 10 or splice-plates.

Fastened to each side 0st adjacent the l ich the upper end of a diagona brace 12 is secured, the lower end of said brace being connected to the side sill 1. Two of these braces are arranged between each pair of side posts and are so disposed relatively to each other that they form a V, as shown in Fig. 2. Secured to the lower edge of. the letter-board plate 9 is an arched member 13, the legs of which extend down to the belt-rail and are connected to the side posts. These arched members are preferably angles arranged with their hor1- zontal legs projecting outwardly, so that a they not only act as strengthening members, but also as finishing-battens for the twin windows. By constructing the side wall in this manner the plates 9 serve as webs or gussets to connect the side posts to the top chord of the truss, and accordingly produces a very rigid structure.

At the point where the door-opening A is formed I use a truss of a diflerent construction. In this form of trussing the diagonal braces 12 are replaced by a member 14, arranged on each side of the door-opening and extending from the lower side sill to the upl being connected to the late 11.

and lower ends inclined and connecte be riveted to thelegs of said members, which I extend flush with the outside faces of the webs of the side posts 3, said members also Preferably the side frames of t e door-opening are formed by 'Z-bars 16, connected at their lower ends by brackets 17 to the members 14,

the outer legs of said 'Z-bars being sheared: off to conform to the inclined portion of the member 14. The legs or flanges at the upper ends of the Z-bars are cut away, and their central webs are bent at an angle and connected to the upper inclined portion of the member 14. Preferably a brace 18 is connected to the upper side plate 2 and to the upper inclined portion of each of the members 14 in alinement with the Z-bars 16. To iurther strengthen the framing at the door-opening, I employ two members 19, which are connected to the upper side plate, lower side sill, and also the two side posts outside of the sheathing-plates. Preferably these members are specially-rolled channels in which one leg is formed with a bulb.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A car having a side wall consisting of an upper side plate, a lower side sill and vertical side posts spaced apart to form an opening for a door or window, and an approximately v octagonal-shaped frame arranged between said posts and consisting of a plurality of separate flanged members connected together and fastened to said side posts, side plate and side sill; substantial y as described.

2. A car havmg a side wall consisting of a side plate member, a lower side sill, vertical posts connected to said member and sill and.

spaced apart from each other, and a member connected to each post, and having its u per s ectiv'ely. to the side plate member and side 5111; substantially as described.

3. A car having a side wall consisting of an upper side plate member, a lower side sill,

vertical posts connected to said parts and spaced away from each other to form an approximately s uare opening, and inclined races arrange at the four corners of said opening and connected to the side osts and to the side sill and side plate mem er; substantially as described.

4. A car having a side wall consisting of. an upper side plate member, a lower side sill, vertical posts connected to said parts and spaced away from each other to form an approximately square opening, inclined braces arranged at the four corners of said opening and connected to the side posts and to the side sill and side plate member, and members arranged parallel to the side posts and connecte at their opposite ends to said braces to form a door-frame substantially as described.

5. A car com rising a side wall consisting of a lower side s1 1 and a side plate member, a vertical post connected to said parts, and a truss secured at its center to the post and at its upper and lower ends to the side plate member and side sill; substantially as described.

"6. A car having a side wall which consists of an upper side plate, a lower side sill, a vertical post connected to said side plate and side Slll, a member connected to one side of said post and having its opposite ends inclined at an angle thereto and connected to the side plate and side sill, a post extending parallel to the side ost and connected at its opposite ends to t e inclined partsof said member, and a brace interposed between the side plate and the inclined part at the upper a vertical Z-bar arranged parallel to the post 9 5 and connected at its opposite ends to the inclined parts of said member, the flanges at the u per end of said bar being removed and its we being bent to conform to the shape of the upper inclined art olisaid member; substantially as descri ed.

8. A passenger-car having a side wall provided wlth window-openings and consisting of a side plate, vertical posts spaced away from each other, and a continuous arched-member extending between said posts and having its legs connected thereto to frame in a windowopening; substantially as described.

9. A passenger-car having a side wall provided with a window-opening and consisting of an upper side late, side posts, a continuous arched mem er arranged between and connected to the side posts and having depending legs which extend to the lower edge of the windowopening, and .a web-plate connected to said arched member and side plate and forming part of the outside sheathing of the side wall, the lower edge of said late conforming to the curvature of the arc ed member; substantially as described.

10. A passenger-car having a side wall consisting of vertical posts spaced a art toprovide a window-opening, a belt-rai connected to said posts below the window-opening, and a continuous arched member framing in the window-opening and rovided with legs which extend down to t e belt-rail, said legs being connected to the side posts; substantially as described.

.1 1. A passenger-car having a side wall consisting of vertical posts, outside sheathingplates connected to said posts and provided with a window-opening, and a continuous arched angle secured to the edge of said plate surrounding said opening and having downwardly-extending legs that are connected to the side posts, said angle framing in the sides and top of the window-opening; substantially as described.

12. A car having a side wall consisting of vertical side post's spaced apart to provide window-openings, a lower s1de sill, a beltrail member, a V-shaped bracemer'nber arranged between apair of posts and connected to said posts and to theside sill below the belt-rail member, and acontinuous arched member connected to the side posts to frame in the window-opening and having downwardly-projecting legs that extend to the belt-rail; substantially as described.

13. A car having a side wall consisting of a side plate, a side sill, vertical posts spaced apart to provide openings for twin windows, an intermediate post arranged midway between each pair .of vertical posts, gussetplates connected to the vertical posts, in.- clined braces connected to said plates and to the side sill, outside sheathing-plates provided with window-openings, and contmuous arched members secured to the edges of said plates around said openings and connected to the side posts; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afl'ix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 3d day of December, 1906.

' FRANCIS MOFARLAN BRINCKERHOFF.

Witnesses:

W. EVERITT RUNDLE, THOMAS GREGORY. 

